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First ERJ145 assembled in China

Today the first Harbin-Embraer Aircraft Industry Co. will do the delivery ceremony of the first ERJ made outside Brazil. A ERJ 145 will be delivered to China Southern Airlines and a second one will follow still this month.
China Southern has 6 of these ordered.
The assembly line in Harbin is already working and has a capacity for 20 acft./year.

I imagine that these Embraers will be "for local consumption" like that McDonnell Douglas did a number of years ago???

I think you can say that.

Quote:

Embraer signed an agreement in December 2002 to establish a production unit in China. This marked Embraer's first industrial initiative outside Brazil to manufacture its renowned ERJ 145 family aircraft to better meet the needs of the Chinese market in terms of commercial aviation products. The new company, Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Company Ltd., is based in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, and is specialized in manufacturing the top selling 30-50 seat ERJ 145 regional jet series products.

Extracted from the Embraer site